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Mooga Dalma (Mung Dalma)

Dalma is an important part of oriya cuisine with vegetables and lentils. It is a part of our day to day cooking. It is prepared in temples as prasad. It is prepared during pooja feasts. There are different types of dalmas prepared in our family. Tanmaya's favorite is on with Mung Dal.

Remove from heat and let it cool down. In the mean while in the same pot heat ghee, add zeera and dry red chili. Once the Zeera stops spluttering add the grated ginger and fry for a minute or so and add the potato, radish and pumpkin chunks and fry for 2-3 minutes. Add the Eggplant chunks and fry for another minute. Add the mung dal and 2 cups of water. Add salt, turmeric and sugar. Let it cook till the dal and vegetables are cooked through. Let it cool down and they add roasted red chili and zeera powder.

Serve with hot rice.

A typical meal would have rice, dalma, tomato khata, and some kind of dry subji.

It is a very popular dal dish in Orissa. It is generally prepared when there are guests coming over and it has to be vegetarian food. It goes great with poori. It is nutritious as well as tasty. It has goodness of lentils and taste of pumpkin.

I bought a new rice cooker few days back and since then haven't stopped experimenting on it. I used to think its just for cooking rice or steaming meat and veggies. I went through the whole recipe book that came along with it but ended with nothing. It has great recipes but they are not exactly what we prefer to eat. So I did a little research on my own. I have always made biryani the same way layering the half cooked chicken and half cooked rice and cook it over the heater in a cover pot. But most of the time I ended up with a small of portion of the masala, chicken and rice burning .So would go to a restaurant and eat briyani rather than going through all the trouble. After buying the rice cooker I decided to give chicken biryani one more shot in the rice cooker. I thought what the heck it can't be any worst :) And I am glad that I tried. It turned out amazing. It had every thing one looks for in a good biryani, aroma, flavor and juicy chicken. So here we go... Ingredients: Chicken…